http://www.screendigest.com/rss/ en-gb Copyright: (C) Screen Digest 240 Over 2,400 digital screens were installed across Europe in the period September to end December 2011 bringing the active digital screen base to over 18,500 as at Q4 2011. It was also the third consecutive quarter more 2D screens were installed than 3D, following 3D's usurping as the main driver of roll-out, a trend first set in motion in Q2 2011. Q4 also marked the turning point for European screens which became majority digital. There are now 16 territories with the majority of screens digitised, up from 11 in Q3(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201212b/2012_02_digital_and_3d_cinema_market_trends_in_europe_q4_2011/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201212b/2012_02_digital_and_3d_cinema_market_trends_in_europe_q4_2011/view.html 2012-02-02 Total digital screens in Europe hit approximately 18,400 according to latest data from IHS Screen Digest, a new high for the region, of which the vast majority or 82 per cent are deployed in Western Europe....(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_2011_marks_record_number_of_net_screens_converted_to_digital_in_europe/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_2011_marks_record_number_of_net_screens_converted_to_digital_in_europe/view.html 2012-01-23 Cinedigm, the leading digital cinema facilitator in North America, has signed its first international agreement with ICAA (Independent Cinemas Association of Australia) to cover digital...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_cinedigm_plays_key_role_in_shaping_international_deployment_deals/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_cinedigm_plays_key_role_in_shaping_international_deployment_deals/view.html 2012-01-18 Total box office revenue in China exceeded $2bn for the first time in 2011, marking a large 28.5 per cent annual increase. According to SARFT the final 2011 tally hit $2.09bn (RMB13.1bn), of which films of...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_china_now_third_largest_global_box_office_market/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_china_now_third_largest_global_box_office_market/view.html 2012-01-11 The Malaysian government has passed a new legislation targeting illegal camcorder recording in cinemas. (free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_anti-piracy_legislation_passed_in_malaysia/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_anti-piracy_legislation_passed_in_malaysia/view.html 2012-01-09 Cinema admissions in France, Europe's largest box office market, recorded a new high of 215.6m in 2011, a 4.2 per cent annual uplift, according to provisional figures from French film body, the CNC. The...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_local_films_key_to_admissions_growth_in_two_major_euro_cinema_markets/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_local_films_key_to_admissions_growth_in_two_major_euro_cinema_markets/view.html 2012-01-06   Global technology and Asian digital cinema rollout group GDC Technology has signed Virtual Print Fee agreements with 14 distributors in Hong Kong, facilitating the post-35mm management of prints and...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_12_gdc_technology_signs_up_local_distributors_in_hong_kong/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_12_gdc_technology_signs_up_local_distributors_in_hong_kong/view.html 2011-12-13   Philippines D-Cinema Alliance (DCA) has signed Virtual Print Fee (VPF) deals with four studios, and is in advanced talks with the two others, for supply of content in a digital format to Philippine...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_12_philippines_d-cinema_deal_opens_up_way_to_digital_penetration/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_12_philippines_d-cinema_deal_opens_up_way_to_digital_penetration/view.html 2011-12-09